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Crescent Cheese Danishes

Do you remember a short while back I posted a recipe for Shortcut Apple Danishes? Well, I got such great feedback from that recipe that I had to try my hand at some cream cheese ones. I just love all the things you can do with crescent rolls

So I tried my hand at a yummy cream cheese fillings and butter my butt and call me a biscuit – I was surprised at how good these turned out. I mean, I shouldn’t have been surprised. But I was surprised I didn’t start with the cream cheese ones to begin with. So this one is for all you cheese danish lovers!

Using a brush or spoon, spread melted butter all over crescent rolls. Sprinkle each rectangle with about 1 tbsp. of brown sugar.

Roll up from long side; pinch edges to seal.

Holding one end, loosely coil each.

Now you want to get in there with your fingers and spread out the dough some to make room for the filling. Just pull and stretch and make a nice dent in the middle. Place on cookie sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray.

Top each coil with about 2 tablespoons of cream cheese filling.

Bake at 350(F) for 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown. For the glaze, in a bowl, combine powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. Stir until smooth and drizzle over each warm danishes.

Cook’s Note: If you don’t need so many danishes, just use one tube of crescent rolls and save the leftover cream cheese filling for another time. Just put it in a container with an airtight lid and store in the fridge for up to a week. Makes 8 danishes

Instructions

Mixture should be creamy and smooth when finished (like cheesecake batter)

Separate dough into eight rectangles.

Seal perforations.

Using a brush or spoon, spread melted butter all over crescent rolls.

Sprinkle each rectangle with about 1 tbsp. of brown sugar.

Roll up from long side; pinch edges to seal.

Holding one end, loosely coil each.

Now you want to get in there with your fingers and spread out the dough some to make room for the filling.

Just pull and stretch and make a nice dent in the middle.

Place on cookie sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray.

Top each coil with about 2 tablespoons of cream cheese filling.

Bake at 350(F) for 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown.

For the glaze, in a bowl, combine powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. Stir until smooth and drizzle over each warm danish.

Recipe Notes

If you don't need so many danishes, just use one tube of crescent rolls and save the leftover cream cheese filling for another time. Just put it in a container with an airtight lid and store in the fridge for up to a week.

That is a great response from a recipe. Congratulations! I know being a food blogger and receiving comments and emails is the reason we do this. This looks like an easy danish recipe and one I'd love to try. Pillsbury products make their way into our cart on most grocery trips. Yummy!

Brandie…I need to tell you I've been a lurker of your delicious blog for quite some time now and have made MANY of your recipes with 100% success! Just last night I made the apple version of these cheese danishes and my husband LOVED them. When he says "this is a keeper" I know to file it away. Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to post these recipes. I know it is a commitment. ~~Peggy Lee*made your whoopie pies last week*

These look amazing- I am not surprised that Pillsbury is thrilled that you have found one of their products to be so versatile in making breakfast goodies! The best thing about success is when it comes when you are not looking for it-a nice surprise. I have book marked this recipe for making when I have guests and do not want to spend all my time in the kitchen.

Wow! Katrina said her husband would fall in love with her all over again with these wonderful Danish pastries. Well, mine would probably forget me altogether, just trying to get at 'em! LOL!Will definitely have to try (not for the above reason, tho')!XoXoXoJoy @ tomorrow's memories

Made these danishes tonight! Super simple and soooooo delicious. I'm not much for pastries usually but my husband is and they were a hit with both of us. Recipe was simple enough my 4 year old son practically made them for us with a little help. Can't wait to try more of your recipes!!

These are absolutely amazing. I LOVE cream cheese danishes. This recipe has ruined all store bought danishes for me =) Thanks so much! I posted this recipe (linked back to you of course) on our food blog BetterThanBurgers.net

these look AMAZING!! Does anyone know if I could freeze these once made? I would love to have them to just pop out of the freezer, thaw and eat for breakfast if I can make a big batch of them! Thanks for posting!

I know what you mean about emails. I don't get them or comments hardly on my blog. I do get a few comments but not many. So I understand how excited you were!Man this recipe simply sounds awesome! I have GOT to try this because I LOVE cream cheese danish! I think Splenda is even making brown sugar these days to. 🙂 Going to print this one out!!!! lol Thanx for sharing!!!!

Thank you so much for posting these. I made them last night. I just wanted to say they are easy and soooo yummy. I made them with the crescent rounds and was a worried because they looked so small right out of the package, but they do spread out well when you put the melted butter on them and spread them out with a spoon and they puff up quite nicely in the oven. I would say mine turned out about 2 1/2 – 3 inches round.

Thank you for this recipe! I found this site on pinterest. I made it tonight. It is delicious! I only made 4 because I only had one tube of crescent rolls. My husband and I each had one for dessert and will be having one each for breakfast in the morning. Such an easy recipe and it was the best cheese danish I've had in a long time! Thank you!

Amazing Recipe! They actually do taste better than store bought! I ate one gooey out of the oven and thought this recipe was good enough to keep but when I ate one later at room temp….Oh man, DELISH!!!! These would make a great dish for company as well. Thanks for the recipe! 5 stars!

Made these this morning after finding it on pinterest. They were fabulous, all 4 of us agreed! I made 2 minor adjustments tho, traded splenda for sugar and used about 1/2 of brown sugar just because I'm trying to cut back. This is definitely a keeper!! Thank you!

I love Danish but my favorite would be coconut custard Danish use to have a recipe for them but cant find it..would you happen to have a recipe for them??? please help Love all recipe I have tried sooo far…keep them coming..thank you

Tried these this weekend and they were very good (and easy to do as you said). Pillsbury has a "light" crescent roll, which I used, and also substituted Neufchatel for the cream cheese–like to cut a few calories where I can without compromising on taste.

so what if you were to add a little lemon curd with the cream cheese & make a lemon cheese danish? mmm, you do have something pretty cool here, lots of possibilities!Thanks for sharing so generously! :o)

Hey, I found you on pinterest. I love this recipe and I am going to feature it on my blog tomorrow with a link back to you of course! Thank you so much for sharing this tasty treat!amyscraftbucket.blogspot.comthanks! Amy

These look yummy! I am curious though, have you ever tried spreading the cream ch. filling on the crescents before rolling them up? Would it work the same way, or is the filling too soft to stay inside that way?

This recipe looks amazing. Has anyone commented or have you tried to use Fat Free Cream Cheese and Reduced Fat Crescents? I may try that this weekend. If I do I will let you know the way they turn out.

I think I'm in love!!!!!! I spend ridiculous amounts of money on berry and cheese danishes. This will definitely be a hit! Now if you can come up with something close to Ben and Jerry's strawberry cheesecake ice cream before I go broke buying it I would be a happy lady!

These are SO easy and SO delicious!!! I have had em pinned for a hot minute, but was waiting for the right time to make em because I knew I was going to want to eat them all the second they came outta the oven. Perfectly perfect. Just loved em to peices. I even made them vegan! Thank you so much for posting, I can't wait to make em again and again.

Oooooh my! These are amazing! Cheese danishes are one of my favorites, but I try to stay away from them when watching my weight. This recipe allows me to make them at home with lower fat ingredients (reduced fat crescents & fat free cream cheese). I can't thank you enough!! 🙂

These were awesome!!! The only things I might tweak next time would be to use reduced fat cream cheese, and to use a little less vanilla extract on the glaze. But I made 6 of them and have eaten all of them but one. So yummy!!!

Great recipe! Just made 'em (used one can of rolls and will be making again later this week!) Note: I added the zest of one lemon into the cream cheese mixture…even better! May try the zest of an orange for another batch?

Well, I have to say these are the best things I've put in my mouth in a long time. I had one can of the regular crescents and one can of the Grands crescents but the amount of cream cheese was perfect. I put some blueberries on a couple during the last ten minutes. I am never, ever disappointed with your recipes. You are my "goto" site for ideas now. Love you, Darlin'.

ohhhh myyyy goodness!!! does this ever look delish!!! I just may place a little bit of cherry pie filling on top as I love that together with the store-bought Danish … ty so much for sharing this recipe! 🙂

I thought I had previously left a comment, which I cant find now! I made these, but the crescent roll never cooked…I cooked for an additional ten minutes and they were still dough in the middle, what did I do wrong?

Just had a cheese Danish, fresh from the oven. They are delicious but I had a little bit of a hard time making them. The dough was sort of soft and sticky. The seams kept coming apart when I was rolling them up & the brown suger was going everywhere. They came part again when I was forming them into the pinwheel. They just wouldn't stick together, just stuck to my fingers! I was able to form the well ok, for the most part. Despite all the troubles, they came out beautiful, to me, anyway! And tasted great! My husband and I couldn't wait and each are one before dinner! Thanks!

I once made something very similar to this except instead of making it into a crescent roll type after you make it into the square you put the cream cheese filling in the center and squeeze the sides together the rest of the recipe of the same I'll have to try both ways because my mouth is watery right now and I've been thinking of making me the other ones for quite a while I just lost my recipe and I now have we found it thank you